Okay - update........I'm DEFINITELY going in for my 3rd (and final :-)) HT. If Master Wong can pull 3000 + grafts out of my donor, I should end up with pretty much a fully restored look which is what I'm after. At 41 yrs old, having been a diffused NW 5 at age 38 before HT #1, I'm throwing "conservative" out the window.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to take any other before pics prior to my surgery, which has been scheduled for Thursday, April 24th..............BUT, I guarantee you I'll be documenting many pics the day of, and many days after surgery.

Many thanks to you all here who have followed my story over the years and for the wealth of valuable information and support I've received. I'm truly blessed to have the many friends I've gained here and hope to continue to support the site as much as time permits in the future.

Quite frankly - I'M PSYCHED!!!!


Here are pics before HT #3 w/ Dr. Wong. I haven't updated the pics since last summer, but actually think it's even matured and thickened a little. I've started styling my hair forward and like the coverage better.......except for the crown. Still not too bad but don't be deceived about crownwork............takes lots of grafts for anything close to a full look. I'll try to hightlight my plans for attack later with these pics. At present, I'm thinking of 1500 grafts for temple/widows peak/hairline work............1500-2000 grafts to dense up the frontal 1/3 and laterals/sides where hair parts..........then hopefully another 1500 to hit the crown again paying attention to the center of the swirl working out on the right side, and the equivalent area on the left so it's less see-through for each profile. Not concerned with the lower "U" thining on the back as Fin is helping some and with a little length it covers nicely.

Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

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1st HT 1-18-05 - 1200 FUT's
2nd HT 2-15-06 - 3886 FUT's Dr. Wong
3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong

GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS

current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day

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Disclaimer: I'm not a Doctor (and have never played one on TV ) and have no medical training. Any information I share here is in an effort to help those who don't like hair loss.

Okay - update........I'm DEFINITELY going in for my 3rd (and final :-)) HT. If Master Wong can pull 3000 + grafts out of my donor, I should end up with pretty much a fully restored look which is what I'm after. At 41 yrs old, having been a diffused NW 5 at age 38 before HT #1, I'm throwing "conservative" out the window.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to take any other before pics prior to my surgery, which has been scheduled for Thursday, April 24th..............BUT, I guarantee you I'll be documenting many pics the day of, and many days after surgery.

Many thanks to you all here who have followed my story over the years and for the wealth of valuable information and support I've received. I'm truly blessed to have the many friends I've gained here and hope to continue to support the site as much as time permits in the future.

Quite frankly - I'M PSYCHED!!!!


Here are pics before HT #3 w/ Dr. Wong. I haven't updated the pics since last summer, but actually think it's even matured and thickened a little. I've started styling my hair forward and like the coverage better.......except for the crown. Still not too bad but don't be deceived about crownwork............takes lots of grafts for anything close to a full look. I'll try to hightlight my plans for attack later with these pics. At present, I'm thinking of 1500 grafts for temple/widows peak/hairline work............1500-2000 grafts to dense up the frontal 1/3 and laterals/sides where hair parts..........then hopefully another 1500 to hit the crown again paying attention to the center of the swirl working out on the right side, and the equivalent area on the left so it's less see-through for each profile. Not concerned with the lower "U" thining on the back as Fin is helping some and with a little length it covers nicely.

Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

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Hairbank

1st HT 1-18-05 - 1200 FUT's
2nd HT 2-15-06 - 3886 FUT's Dr. Wong
3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong

GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS

current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day

My Hair Loss Weblog

Disclaimer: I'm not a Doctor (and have never played one on TV ) and have no medical training. Any information I share here is in an effort to help those who don't like hair loss.

Hairbank,

I think your plan of attack sounds great. But based on your pictures, it looks like you might need a face transplant too? Or did you go to a special plastic surgery to get a large swirly nose? :P

Seriously bro...your results look great. I can only imagine how awesome you'll look after the third HT...swirly nose and all :P

Bill

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Hairbank,

I like the plan. If the master Wong can pull it off I think that things will be near perfect. It certainly is a lot of graphs and you should be able to accomplish a lot with that many.

You definitely are going to have essentially a full head of hair again and will start to look like your high school days. The swirly nose thing is definitely an asset.

Look good!

Good luck with your 3rd procedure. Another 3-4K grafts would do it.

KG

Sounds like a good plan Bank. Good luck.

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Hairbank,

I think your plan sounds great and your updated pictures look great. Even if you didnt get another HT your results are very impressive. It gives people like me in the doldrums some hope! Looking forward to following your 3rd HT journey.

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455 single hairs
1986 double hairs
1048 three hairs

hairbank,you certainly are a greedy man.those pics of your face are gonna give me f**king nightmares though!show us the real you !good luck.

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Hairbank,

I wouldn't add anything to the swirl on your nose. hehehe

I think with 4500 additional grafts you will need to change your name from hairbank to hairmint! I really like the front and side profiles right now, can't wait to see with additional grats.

Toad

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Hairbank, Those are some good pics in daylight, Looks good already!
You don't need good luck, you & the doc know what your are doing,
it's going to be awesome!
See you on the flip side.